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Description: The Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has joined his government representatives, President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, as they jointly and firmly refused the latest proposal by the US regarding the country’s nuclear program. Araghchi and Pezeshkian labeled the proposal as incoherent, disjointed and filled with excessive demands that cripple Iran’s sovereign right to develop a civilian nuclear program. According to several media sources the US proposal consisted of offering Iran to develop a nuclear program which would be located in one of the Gulf States and a joint inspectorate comprised of Middle Eastern and IAEA inspect
Description: Chinese and US foreign officials shifted blame and traded accusations around potential violations in the predetermined conditions discussed in the Geneva trade talks. Trade representatives from both sides recently divulged that the negotiations reached a standstill and needed direct involvement from the presidents of both countries in order to continue. US President Donald Trump recently issued an order invoking visas for Chinese students which substantially deterriorated the already fragile diplomatic relations, while China has enforced a continuous blockade on its rare earth mineral exports inflicting losses upon critical US industries. Presidents Trump and Xi
Description: Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blazek reportedly accepted a bitcoin donation amounting to $45 million from a man convicted of being involved in an illegal online drug market. This information caused the Minister to submit his resignation and prompted the opposition to call a no confidence vote in an attempt to trigger early elections, originally scheduled for Oct. The Minister’s resignation comes at a critical time for Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s ruling government which is experiencing a decline in approval and voting ratings as the opposition’s leader from the populist ANO party, Karel Havlicek, declared that a no confidence vote would be most certainly ins
Description: South Sudan’s military and militants from the White Army militia have escalated armed fighting, raising concerns of a possible reignition of a civil war. Tensions erupted in Mar when White Army militants attacked a military barracks in Nasir as the government pinned the responsibility for the attack on the First Vice – President Riek Machar who was later imprisoned alongside other members of his SPLM – IO party. Mediators from several African countries were involved in dousing the political tensions unsuccessfully as the fighting so far has internally displaced around 65 thousand people and caused a migration crisis with 100 thousand people fleeing towards neigh
Description: Ukrainian and Russian state delegations met in Istanbul’s Ciragan Palace for the second round of peace negotiations where humanitarian goals were agreed upon, but the parties didn’t come any closer to formulating a peace plan. The Russian delegation disclosed the so – called peace memorandum where demands such as the complete recognition of Russian occupied territories by Ukraine, guarantees over the country’s consistent military neutrality, limits on Ukraine’s military and equipment and the lifting of Ukraine’s martial law and holding elections were outlined. Ukrainian officials have stated they would need a week to analyze the proposals from the Russian side b
Description: Forty-five-year-old Mohammed Sabry Soliman was identified as the perpetrator of a deadly molotov attack in Boulder, Colorado. The man attacked a peaceful vigil held to honor the Israeli hostages still in Hamas’ captivity when Sabry rushed and threw makeshift molotov cocktails in their direction and yelled Free Palestine, leaving 8 people with serious burn injuries. The FBI office in Denver shortly after the attack, cordoned the area and arrested the perpetrator charging him with first degree murder, usage of improvised explosive devices and causing injuries to the elderly. Sabry was later discovered to be an illegal alien in the US and had plans to attack the ev
Description: Unidentified and unnamed sources from the Iranian government close to the negotiation team stated that the latest US proposal would be categorically rejected by the regime as it stated unrealistic demands in return for no benefits. The information comes only a day after IAEA report stated that Iran has substantially enriched its capacities and is a mere technical step away from developing a nuclear weapon. Foreign Minister Araghchi met with Egyptian President Abdel Fatah El – Sisi and IAEA’s Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in Cairo, where discussions were held regarding the IAEA’s concerns over Iran’s enrichment levels, while Araghchi has expressed his di
Description: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that he intends to call for a vote of confidence in the Parliament as a sign that his ruling coalition isn’t affected by the result from the presidential election. Karol Nawrocki, conservative, right – wing candidate supported by the Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS) narrowly triumphed over liberal Rafal Trzaskowski and is set to become the next Polish President on 06 Aug. Nawrocki and Tusk are set on a collision course over multiple issues that affect Poland’s domestic and foreign policies such as judicial legislature, civil rights concerning the LGBTQ population and abortion, migration issues mostly affecting th
Description: Last week’s brief confrontation between Thai and Cambodian border forces, which left one Cambodian soldier dead, would be resolved in the International Court of Justice, the Cambodian Parliament has decided. The confrontation between the border forces of the two countries happened due to the overstepping of a sensitive demarcation point by Cambodian military forces. Military commanders from both sides interfered in the brief armed confrontation and stated that they have successfully deescalated the situation. The two countries have longstanding territorial disputes concerning thousand – year – old temples which are claimed in their entirety by each country. Mili
Description: US Ambassador to Turkey, and the new Syrian special envoy, Thomas Barrack has stated that the US gave Syria the final approval to integrate foreign fighters and other jihadi members in the formation of its new army. Around 3,500 fighters in question that were mostly Uyghurs from China and other countries that border Syria would be integrated into the new 84th Syrian army division. The approval comes amid rising concerns that militant fractions and other fighters within Syria might be recruited from terrorist organizations that are operationally omnipresent in the country such as Al Qaeda or the Islamic State. The move comes after several regional powe